Palaeomagnetic and synchrotron analysis of >1.95 Ma fossil-bearing palaeokarst at Haasgat, South Africa by Andy I.R. Herries, Peter Kappen, Anthony D.T. Kegley, David Patterson, Daryl L. Howard, Martin D. de Jonge, Stephany Potze, Justin W. Adams

“…Haasgat therefore dates to an interesting time period in South African human evolution that saw the last occurrence of two australopith species at ~2.05–2.02 Ma (Sts5 Australopithecus africanus from Sterkfontein Member 4) to ~1.98 Ma ( Australopithecus sediba from Malapa) and the first occurrence of early Homo (Sk847), Paranthropus and the Oldowan within Swartkrans Member 1 between ~2.0 Ma and ~1.8 Ma.…”
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One hominin taxon or two at Malapa Cave? Implications for the origins of Homo by Yoel Rak, Eli Geffen, William Hylander, Avishag Ginzburg, Ella Been

“…However, our analysis of the specimens’ mandibles indicates that Australopithecus sediba is not a ‘Homo-like australopith’, a transitional species between Australopithecus africanus and Homo. According to our results, the specimens represent two separate genera: Australopithecus and Homo. …”
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Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars by Thomas W. Davies, Zeresenay Alemseged, Agness Gidna, Jean-Jacques Hublin, William H. Kimbel, Ottmar Kullmer, Fred Spoor, Clément Zanolli, Matthew M. Skinner

“…We apply this scoring system to a sample of Plio-Pleistocene hominin mandibular molars of Paranthropus robustus, Paranthropus boisei, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Homo sp., Homo habilis and Homo erectus from Africa and Asia (n = 132). …”
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Endostructural assessment of a hominin maxillary molar (StW 669) from Milner Hall, Sterkfontein, South Africa by Bontle Mataboge, Amélie Beaudet, Jason L. Heaton, Travis R. Pickering, Dominic Stratford

“…We compare our results to those generated on the teeth of Australopithecus africanus, Paranthropus robustus, Homo erectus, Homo antecessor, Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. …”
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The first hominin from the early Pleistocene paleocave of Haasgat, South Africa by AB Leece, Anthony D.T. Kegley, Rodrigo S. Lacruz, Andy I.R. Herries, Jason Hemingway, Lazarus Kgasi, Stephany Potze, Justin W. Adams

“…The preserved occlusal morphology is most similar to Australopithecus africanus or early Homo specimens but different from Paranthropus. …”
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Shape analysis of the StW 578 calotte from Jacovec Cavern, Gauteng (South Africa) by Amélie Beaudet, Jean Dumoncel, Jason L. Heaton, Travis R. Pickering, Ronald J. Clarke, Kristian J. Carlson, Lunga Bam, Luc Van Hoorebeke, Dominic Stratford

“…Our comparative sample included adult humans and common chimpanzees as well as one Australopithecus africanus specimen (Sts 5). We partially restored the StW 578 calotte digitally and compared it to extant specimens and Sts 5 using a landmark-free registration based on smooth and invertible surface deformation. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…Sixty six specimens within Paranthropus boisei, Australopithecus africanus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla species and modern humans allowed to establish classes corresponding to characters states for metrical data. …”
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